{"id":546,"date":"2021-12-03T07:15:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/?page_id=546"},"modified":"2021-12-03T07:15:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:15:57","slug":"tragedy-came-later-for-now-a-good-moment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/tragedy-came-later-for-now-a-good-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Came Later. For now- a Good Moment."},"content":{"rendered":"
James Croal Jackson<\/h5>\n

California, 2014, in her brother\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

bed, we could have\u00a0went\u00a0home<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

but didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, we cuddled and slept\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

in\u00a0only underwear.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I woke up alone\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to find her on the couch.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We nuzzled our faces before\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

finally walking into the sun\u2013<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

already dripping wax,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

feeding desert flowers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

in its best attempt<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to stave\u00a0the rain.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We spent the day<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

unworried\u00a0and otherwise<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

apart.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Croal Jackson California, 2014, in her brother\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 bed, we could have\u00a0went\u00a0home\u00a0 \u00a0 but didn\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Instead, we cuddled and slept\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0only underwear.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 I woke up alone\u00a0\u00a0 to find her on the couch.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 We nuzzled our faces before\u00a0\u00a0 finally walking into the sun\u2013\u00a0 \u00a0 already dripping wax,\u00a0 feeding desert flowers\u00a0 \u00a0 in its… <\/p>\n

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